[QUOTE=Mouse_Maven]
One of my biggest pet peeves is how “loaded” sex is. Like you, I see this act as part love and part physical, but we add so much more to this. If the relationship is getting serious, wouldn’t it be a good idea to talk about what your needs and desires are and listen to your partner? How is the performance anxiety with a 30 year old virgin any different from any other new lover?
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Well, first I will have to state that I haven’t “been” with anyone besides my wife in the last 8 years (I am 27 btw), so my experience is limited to my highschool and early college days (not too many of those wild drunken sex nights… enough, but not too many).
First the assumptions:
I would assume that if dating a 30 year old virigin, there would be a real relationship going on before we decided it was time to “take it to the next level”. I make this assumption based on the fact that they are 30 and a virgin and most likely had opportunities to have sex prior to this time, but made a decision to wait. This going to the next step would be a “major” step for the relationship, not just a one night stand.
Here is where the anxiety that is sometimes overcome by alcohol or just plain stupidity (including just being horny) in these less than meaningful relationships is much greater, due to the seriousness of the relationship. This anxiety could lead to potential disaster as I mentioned before (let down).
Now, it would be fun to belong for the learning curve (which positions she likes best, slow vs fast, hard vs soft, or any combo of the above), but I think the seriousness of the defining moment would overshadow the physical part for me. The emotional part might be enough this, but not being in the situation, I can’t say for sure…
This also leads to the issue of how long in a relationship does a couple wait before engaging in intimate acts? I am sure most males would have a much shorter wait time than most females, but that is a broad generalization without much merit. 
In the cast of an ‘older’ virgin, I would assume that they would wait much longer than many guys with prior experience are willing to stick around without getting any…